[arch-general] whither man page for xorg.conf?

David Rosenstrauch

6 Mar 2008 6 Mar '08

4:12 p.m.

Anyone know where the man page for xorg.conf is located? For some reason, when I try "man xorg.conf" I get "No manual entry for xorg.conf". I know there's a man page for it, though, since it's available online. (http://linux.die.net/man/5/xorg.conf) DR

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Michael Schaefer

6 Mar 6 Mar

4:21 p.m.

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Anyone know where the man page for xorg.conf is located? For some reason, when I try "man xorg.conf" I get "No manual entry for xorg.conf".

/usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz but try "unset manpath" cheers - Michael

David Rosenstrauch

4:32 p.m.

Michael Schaefer wrote:

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Anyone know where the man page for xorg.conf is located? For some reason, when I try "man xorg.conf" I get "No manual entry for xorg.conf".

/usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz

Hmmm .... Yes, I see it there too, but I can't seem to get to it. Any ideas why?

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but try "unset manpath"

No joy! :-( [darose@davidrlin ~]$ unset manpath [darose@davidrlin ~]$ man xorg.conf No manual entry for xorg.conf DR

David Rosenstrauch

5:17 p.m.

David Rosenstrauch wrote:

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Michael Schaefer wrote:

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Anyone know where the man page for xorg.conf is located? For some reason, when I try "man xorg.conf" I get "No manual entry for xorg.conf".

/usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz

Hmmm ....

Yes, I see it there too, but I can't seem to get to it. Any ideas why?

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but try "unset manpath"

No joy! :-(

[darose@davidrlin ~]$ unset manpath [darose@davidrlin ~]$ man xorg.conf No manual entry for xorg.conf

DR

Looks like my whole man setup is messed up: [darose@davidrlin ~]$ ls -l /usr/share/man/man1/wget* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25906 2008-01-27 17:23 /usr/share/man/man1/wget.1.gz [darose@davidrlin ~]$ man wget No manual entry for wget [darose@davidrlin ~]$ man -d wget Reading config file /etc/man.conf found man directory /usr/man found man directory /usr/share/man found man directory /usr/local/man found man directory /usr/local/share/man found man directory /usr/X11R6/man found manpath map /bin --> /usr/share/man found manpath map /sbin --> /usr/share/man found manpath map /usr/bin --> /usr/share/man found manpath map /usr/sbin --> /usr/share/man found manpath map /usr/local/bin --> /usr/local/share/man found manpath map /usr/local/sbin --> /usr/local/share/man found manpath map /usr/X11R6/bin --> /usr/X11R6/man found manpath map /usr/bin/X11 --> /usr/X11R6/man found manpath map /usr/bin/mh --> /usr/share/man using /bin/less -is as pager using /opt/mozilla/bin/firefox as browser using /bin/cat to dump HTML pages as text adding /usr/man to manpath adding /opt/java/man to manpath adding /opt/java/jre/man to manpath adding /opt/qt/man to manpath No manual entry for wget Anyone know WTF?!?!? Tnx, DR

Grigorios Bouzakis

5:25 p.m.

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:17 PM, David Rosenstrauch wrote:

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David Rosenstrauch wrote:

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Michael Schaefer wrote:

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Anyone know where the man page for xorg.conf is located? For some reason, when I try "man xorg.conf" I get "No manual entry for xorg.conf".

/usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz

Hmmm ....

Yes, I see it there too, but I can't seem to get to it. Any ideas why?

...
but try "unset manpath"

No joy! :-(

[darose@davidrlin ~]$ unset manpath [darose@davidrlin ~]$ man xorg.conf No manual entry for xorg.conf

DR

Looks like my whole man setup is messed up:

[darose@davidrlin ~]$ ls -l /usr/share/man/man1/wget* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 25906 2008-01-27 17:23 /usr/share/man/man1/wget.1.gz [darose@davidrlin ~]$ man wget No manual entry for wget [darose@davidrlin ~]$ man -d wget Reading config file /etc/man.conf found man directory /usr/man found man directory /usr/share/man found man directory /usr/local/man found man directory /usr/local/share/man found man directory /usr/X11R6/man found manpath map /bin --> /usr/share/man found manpath map /sbin --> /usr/share/man found manpath map /usr/bin --> /usr/share/man found manpath map /usr/sbin --> /usr/share/man found manpath map /usr/local/bin --> /usr/local/share/man found manpath map /usr/local/sbin --> /usr/local/share/man found manpath map /usr/X11R6/bin --> /usr/X11R6/man found manpath map /usr/bin/X11 --> /usr/X11R6/man found manpath map /usr/bin/mh --> /usr/share/man

using /bin/less -is as pager

using /opt/mozilla/bin/firefox as browser

using /bin/cat to dump HTML pages as text adding /usr/man to manpath adding /opt/java/man to manpath adding /opt/java/jre/man to manpath adding /opt/qt/man to manpath No manual entry for wget

Anyone know WTF?!?!?

Tnx,

DR

Repeat after me. I will start reading pacman output from now on...

David Rosenstrauch

5:52 p.m.

Grigorios Bouzakis wrote:

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On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:17 PM, David Rosenstrauch wrote:

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Looks like my whole man setup is messed up:

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Repeat after me. I will start reading pacman output from now on...

Doh! Just did and saw about the new /etc/profile. Sorry ... move along ... nothing to see here. DR

Xavier

6:05 p.m.

On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 12:52:08PM -0500, David Rosenstrauch wrote:

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Grigorios Bouzakis wrote:

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On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:17 PM, David Rosenstrauch wrote:

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Looks like my whole man setup is messed up:

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Repeat after me. I will start reading pacman output from now on...

Doh! Just did and saw about the new /etc/profile.

Sorry ... move along ... nothing to see here.

DR

You are only the 9999th arch user who doesn't check pacman output and merge .pacnew files when there are some, and have to ask on irc or forums or ML when that causes a problem. So don't worry :P

w9ya＠qrparci.net

6:07 p.m.

New subject: [arch-general] Bad Wiki Editing - Wireless_Setup

Whomever recently (in the last hour or so) edited the wiki page for Wireless_Setup messed up the characters. I am only getting "square blocks" now in many places. AND no one is listed as the most recent author either. I would go in a correct this, IF I knew how to back off the lastest(s) revisions, but alas I am not wiki-savvy. Thanks for reading this far. Very best regards; Bob Finch Liviu Librescu - În veci pomenirea lui. (May his memory be eternal.)

BaSh

6:34 p.m.

New subject: [arch-general] Bad Wiki Editing - Wireless_Setup

2008/3/6, w9ya@qrparci.net :

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Whomever recently (in the last hour or so) edited the wiki page for Wireless_Setup messed up the characters. I am only getting "square blocks" now in many places.

AND no one is listed as the most recent author either.

I would go in a correct this, IF I knew how to back off the lastest(s) revisions, but alas I am not wiki-savvy.

Thanks for reading this far.

Very best regards;

Bob Finch

Hi Bob, I have fixed the page, a japanese user (Yafengabc) rewrote the English page in Japanese language. I have created Japanese page and restored the older English page. Thanks for marked ;) Regards -- BaSh Linux User: #430842

w9ya＠qrparci.net

7:01 p.m.

New subject: [arch-general] Bad Wiki Editing - Wireless_Setup

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2008/3/6, w9ya@qrparci.net :

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Whomever recently (in the last hour or so) edited the wiki page for Wireless_Setup messed up the characters. I am only getting "square blocks" now in many places.

AND no one is listed as the most recent author either.

I would go in a correct this, IF I knew how to back off the lastest(s) revisions, but alas I am not wiki-savvy.

Thanks for reading this far.

Very best regards;

Bob Finch

Hi Bob, I have fixed the page, a japanese user (Yafengabc) rewrote the English page in Japanese language. I have created Japanese page and restored the older English page. Thanks for marked ;) Regards

-- BaSh Linux User: #430842

Um thanks for trying. However it is STILL messed up as far as I can tell, newer edit date...same problem. Very best regards; Bob Finch Liviu Librescu - În veci pomenirea lui. (May his memory be eternal.)

Travis Willard

7:17 p.m.

New subject: [arch-general] Bad Wiki Editing - Wireless_Setup

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 2:01 PM, wrote:

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2008/3/6, w9ya@qrparci.net :

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Whomever recently (in the last hour or so) edited the wiki page for Wireless_Setup messed up the characters. I am only getting "square blocks" now in many places.

AND no one is listed as the most recent author either.

I would go in a correct this, IF I knew how to back off the lastest(s) revisions, but alas I am not wiki-savvy.

Thanks for reading this far.

Very best regards;

Bob Finch

Hi Bob, I have fixed the page, a japanese user (Yafengabc) rewrote the English page in Japanese language. I have created Japanese page and restored the older English page. Thanks for marked ;) Regards

-- BaSh Linux User: #430842

Um thanks for trying.

However it is STILL messed up as far as I can tell, newer edit date...same problem.

If you look at the revision history, a guy named "Yafengabc" made the original change. BaSh fixed it, then Yafengabc came back and un-fixed it again. Then, moments later, he re-fixed it on his own. Check it out now. Should be fine.

w9ya＠qrparci.net

7:24 p.m.

New subject: [arch-general] Bad Wiki Editing - Wireless_Setup

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On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 2:01 PM, wrote:

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2008/3/6, w9ya@qrparci.net :

...
Whomever recently (in the last hour or so) edited the wiki page for Wireless_Setup messed up the characters. I am only getting "square blocks" now in many places.

AND no one is listed as the most recent author either.

I would go in a correct this, IF I knew how to back off the lastest(s) revisions, but alas I am not wiki-savvy.

Thanks for reading this far.

Very best regards;

Bob Finch

Hi Bob, I have fixed the page, a japanese user (Yafengabc) rewrote the English page in Japanese language. I have created Japanese page and restored the older English page. Thanks for marked ;) Regards

-- BaSh Linux User: #430842

Um thanks for trying.

However it is STILL messed up as far as I can tell, newer edit date...same problem.

If you look at the revision history, a guy named "Yafengabc" made the original change. BaSh fixed it, then Yafengabc came back and un-fixed it again. Then, moments later, he re-fixed it on his own.

Check it out now. Should be fine.

Yep... it's fine now. Interesting stuff. I suppose I will be wanting to learn more about wiki management some day soon. (But today is my day to do paperwork, taxes, and more paperwork....sigh...) And it's time for LUNCH !! Thanks guys.... ya all are just great in my book. Very best regards; Bob Finch Liviu Librescu - În veci pomenirea lui. (May his memory be eternal.)

Sentinel

7 Mar 7 Mar

8:12 a.m.

Hi, try unset MANPATH (all upper case). It worked for me. Tom David Rosenstrauch wrote:

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Michael Schaefer wrote:

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Anyone know where the man page for xorg.conf is located? For some reason, when I try "man xorg.conf" I get "No manual entry for xorg.conf".

/usr/share/man/man5/xorg.conf.5.gz

Hmmm ....

Yes, I see it there too, but I can't seem to get to it. Any ideas why?

...
but try "unset manpath"

No joy! :-(

[darose@davidrlin ~]$ unset manpath [darose@davidrlin ~]$ man xorg.conf No manual entry for xorg.conf

DR

Xavier

11:27 a.m.

Sure, unset MANPATH would have been better than unset manpath, but that was still not the correct solution, which is reverting the bogus MANPATH definition in the first place..

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